The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-20
FLORIDA.

Guava trees about Orlando are loaded
with fruit
The Santa Rosa Rifles received their guns
Wednesday.
Oakland has an artesian well 500 feet deep
and still no water.
The spire of the new Methodist church at
Altoona is 30 feet high.
Gardens are being prepared and groves
cleared up around Fort Ogden.
A new market house is being erected near
the Central Hotel at Fort Ogden.
Lake Weir is credited with having the
largest lemon grove in the world.
A sneak thief is at work in Pensacola
His exploits have Melted IS so far.
Real estate transfers aggregating 1881
were recorded in Orlando Thursday
Marion county has 109 schools and pays
her teachers $23, 900 for their services.
Farmers about Peru, Hillsborough coun-
ty, are going into broom corn extensively.
Fifteen hundred dollars has been appro-
priated to fill up holes, etc, i'll the streets Of
Key West.
Teachers Of DeSoto county are invited to
attend the Teachers Institute at Barlow,
Polk county, July "a.
Two negroes were shot at Greensboro on
Monday They were gambling One, it is
JnOuSnU, Will llOU recover.
The post office has been discontinued at
Violet, Santa Rosa county, and its mail
has been ordered to Otaehite.
George Priest. of Anthony, claims ohave
corn which will yield forty or fifty bushels
per acre, not hummock land, either
At Altoona, j. s. BlaCkman resigned his
office as Councilman Thursday night. Pres
sure of private business was the cause
AT Olustee peaches seem to be getting so
cheap that people can't get any, ON account
of its not paying to haul them TO market.
The citizens of Micanopy are doing all
in their power to have the main line of the
Florida Southern run through that thriving
little village
The store of Il. c. Douglass at Citra was
entered last Tuesday and 500 worth of
goods stolen. One man is under arrest and
Others are suspected
The Board of Trustees of the Anthony
Graded School are now receiving applica-
tions for the principalship. The election
will take place few weeks hence
The question of removing the guard house
| and building a market house has been laid
over until a suitable location could be Sc.
lected by the BranfOrd authorities.
Mr. MCDormott, contractor for the cree
! ton of the tower for the Key West fire
bell. has ordered the timber therefor, and
work will commence upon its arrival.
The Sumterville Times estimates that the
| taxable property of Sumter county will
reach about 81 100000, the population about
| 5000 and the registered vote about 1000
AT a meeting OF tho board OF trustees for
the West Florida Seminary, held in ITALIA
hassee last week, It was decided to postpone
the election Of teachers until next month
Murray T.. Hal, for long time station
agent at Seville, has been appointed chief
operator and train dispatcher Of the Orange
Belt railway, with headquarters at Oakland.
Twenty or thirty head Of cattle were
drowned in the river between Forts Denaud
and Thompson the other day. No other
particulars as 20 how il happened or to
whom they belonged.
Many Of the cigar manufacturers at Key
West have reduced their forces two-thirds /,
others will shortly follow suit. And, in
deed, several anticipate closing entirely un-
til better transportation facilities can be
secured.
w. H. Edwards having bought out G. II.
Baxter, viii, Us soon Us he cauget possession